Curtain-hanger



A. LEWANDOWSKY.

CURTAIN HANGER.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1919- 1,338,312. Patented Apr- 27, 1920.

INVENTOR. l findn-wkwmdowsky ATTORNEY ANDREW LEWAN'DOWSKY, 0F LANSING, MICHIGAN.

CURTAIN -I-IAI\TGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application field May 23, 1919. Serial No. 299,231.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW LEWAN- DOWSKY, a citizen of Poland, residing at Lansing, county of Ingham, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has as its principal object to provide a device which is adapted to be adjusted to fit windows of varying widths.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a device which is provided with relatively adjustable shade supporting elements which are designed to be set to fit shades of varying widths regardless of the adjustment of the device as a whole.

lVith these and other objects in view, as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be fully set forth in the following specification, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front view of a combination shade bracket illustrating the same in position in a window frame and showing the lace curtains in broken lines, and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fi 1. I

heferring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 designates a window frame of the usual construction while the numeral 12 designates in its entirety this improved shade bracket.

The bracket comprises a pair of plates 13 and 14: each of which is formed at itsupper edge with an outwardly extending flange 15. These flanges are provided at their extreme outer ends with the barrel 16, the 'use of which will appear as the de scription proceeds. A slot 17 is formed in each plate intermediate its upper and lower edges and is adapted to receive one of the adjustable shade supports to be hereinafter described.

The plates 13 and 14 are provided at their adjacent edges with outturned flanges 18 and 19 respectively, and these flanges are provided with centrally arranged apertures to receive screw threaded extensions 21 and- 22 of an adjusting bar designated generally by the numeral 23. A hand wheel 24 is secured centrally to the bar 23 providing means for rotation. The outer edges of the plates are provided with the spikes 25 which are adapted to enter the casing 10 upon rotation of the bar 28- to move the plates away from each other.

In order to support a shade in place, shade supports 26 are provided and have thumb screws 27 which engage in the plate 18 arranged to slide in grooves formed in the backs of the plates 13 and 14. It will thus be seen that the supports may be slid alongthe slots 17 until the desired adjustment is attained and then upon tightening the thumb screws 27 they may be secured against accidental movement.

For supporting a lace curtain in place a bar or rod 29 is provided and its ends are held in the barrels 16 by means of suitable thumb screws 30 which construction, while allowing for the adjustment of the device, will hold the rod against displacement.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described a preferred embodiment of this invention, certain minor changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device of the character described com prising a pair of barrels, a rod extending with its ends into said barrels, thumb screws for holding said rod in its adjusted positions within said barrels, a pair of plates provided with spikes, said barrels formed with said plates, outstanding flanges on said plates, a screw threaded adjusting bar engaging said flanges, and a hand wheel centrally secured to said bar adapted to rotate the same for pressing the spikes of said plates into the woodwork of a window frame, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

ANDREW LEWANDOWSKY.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920. 

